27-16-505. Other circumstances in which sureties exonerated. The bail must also be exonerated by the death of the defendant, his imprisonment in the state penitentiary or prison, or his legal discharge from the obligation to render himself amenable to the process.

     History: En. Sec. 85, p. 149, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 93, p. 46, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 131, p. 71, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 131, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 133, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 813, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6608, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9206, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 491; re-en. Sec. 9206, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4014.